NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Files Amicus Brief in Matter of Commonwealth Vs. Evelyn
December 19, 2019
December 19, 2019
NEW YORK, Dec. 19 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news release:
Yesterday, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice (CHHIRJ) at Harvard Law School filed an amicus brief in the matter of Commonwealth v. Evelyn urging the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to recognize that an individual's identity as a Black teenage boy affects whether he would feel "free to lea . . .
Yesterday, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice (CHHIRJ) at Harvard Law School filed an amicus brief in the matter of Commonwealth v. Evelyn urging the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to recognize that an individual's identity as a Black teenage boy affects whether he would feel "free to lea . . .